My 21 month old daughter was expressing a lot of interest in using the potty, and actually got pretty good at pulling her diaper off and making it to the potty on time for a pee pee. I wasn't seriously training her yet, just letting her get used to the idea since she was so interested.
Everything went bad when she attempted to poop on the potty last week (her idea). After pooping, she stood up, saw the poop and ran away from it. She wanted nothing to do with dumping it in the big potty and flushing like she usually does with a pee.
Since then, she starts to whine about "pooboo" around 9:00 a.m. and usually doesn't stop until she finally gives in and poops around 11:00. She will calm down when we talk and I explain to her that everybody poops, and it's o.k. to poop, but she becomes almost frantic when she finally goes. Has anyone else's child gone through this? How can I help her to not be scared.
It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
there is a book callled "Everyone Poops" by Taro Gomi. It's really cute, and we got this when we potty trained our son, it might help
My son got scared out of nowhere, as well. I got him a small frog potty. He loved that it was his size and it was fun, and we had no more problems.
My neighbors son started being afraid to go potty after he saw a "monster" coming out of the toilet in a tv commercial for a toilet cleaner...and he was like 5 at the time. :)Sometimes we tell them so many things are dirty (no-no)they assume poop is also a no-no. Let her see you and your kids go. See if she wants to use the adult toilet so she doesn't have to do the dumping. Celebrate when she goes, do a happy dance. Good luck
Hi! Its a very common problem & its good that you are seeking advice eary....because if you wait the fear may switch her to holding her poop which can be really bad for both of you. I would suggest 2 books....the one you said yourself, "Everybody goes poop" & the other is a book called "It hurts when i poop" by Dr. Howard Bennett. My toddler had holding issues & pooping on the potty issues, to the point she was able to hold it for days & needed to go on meds. This book changed her whole perspective about going on the potty & reassured her that although it may hurt or be scary, its good for your body to let it out. cant say enough good things about it. Another good book is Once Upon a Potty. We rented the video & book from the library. The video was too far over the top for us, but the book is good. Although its seems like a little TMI...the kids seem to like it & makes something click for them. I hope this helps!! Best of luck to all of you!
What's scaring her? Does she think it's gross? or is it that it is "solid" more like a body part than pee is? I never went through this with my kids.. but have you thought about just having her poop in the actual toilet? Get a seat attachment for the seat and let her use a step-stool to rest her feet on. Then, when she goes poop, she doesn't even have to look at it, smell it, ... anything. She can just flush it away....
hope this helps...
Well, I don't know if it will work as I haven't read it yet to my daughter as I just got it but I just picked up the book, Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi. It's on Amazon for $7.50 or I'm sure you can find it in Borders.
